Miscellaneous: Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from....

By anonymus - 18/08/2009 16:33 - United States

Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML

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By Flippy - 29/08/2010 00:05 - United States

Today, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML

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By Rmglrsm - 23/06/2016 02:21

Today, at work, I was helping someone who really sounded like she had a Boston accent. So, I asked her where she was from. She has never been out of state. Turns out she has a speech impediment. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2012 01:37 - United States - Lawrence

Today, my teenage daughter asked me if accents are hereditary. FML

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By kggggg - 12/08/2010 11:00 - United States

Today, while at my friend's house, I noticed her brother had a bit of an accent. I laughingly said "Is it me or does your little brother have an accent?" She stared and replied with "No, he has autism." FML

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Pleased to meet you

By Holls - 12/04/2012 13:47 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, I met a guy while out with some friends. He kept blowing up his cheeks, so I did it back to him and asked him why he did it. He pulled out a card from his wallet and pointed at it. It was a card saying he may have speech or facial difficulties because he had a stroke when he was 12. FML

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By jennag5 - 24/03/2012 06:45 - Canada - Claresholm

Today, two drop dead gorgeous Australians asked me for directions. Being so shocked by their beauty and accents, I couldn't get words out of my mouth. The one said to the other "Nope she doesn't speak English", then walked away. FML

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By hellbound - 12/07/2013 16:35 - United States - San Antonio

Today, I received a text from my dad, which was borderline-incomprehensible due to an insane amount of text language. I replied, jokingly asked if he had a stroke while writing it. A few seconds after hitting send, I remembered the stroke he suffered last month. FML

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Foot in mouth

By Noname - 24/02/2009 05:05 - United States

Today, one of my closest friends and I got into a fight. She ended the conversation with, "My grandma just had a stroke. Bye." I didn't believe her so I replied "That's great. Bye." Turns out her Grandma is in the hospital in critical condition. FML

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By elizabethyeo - 20/02/2012 10:01 - Australia

Today, I was speaking to an old friend and I asked her how her mother was. She replied, "She passed away, you came to her funeral last month." FML

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By momolee - 07/07/2012 19:13 - Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Today, a woman asked why my daughter doesn't look remotely like me. I just smiled and shrugged it off, but the truth is that she looks exactly like I did before I got my botched plastic surgery. FML

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curryndricegirll 0

Wednesday 19 August 2009 0:11

at least you didn't make fun of it. if anything, i hope she would feel better since you called her speech beautiful. i mean i know it's still awful, but it's a little better

AndelleRae 9

Wednesday 19 August 2009 0:11

That does suck, but the way this is worded implies that the woman is a stranger. How were you to know she had a stroke? I don't think it's an FML or a YDI. Just kind of embarrassing.

Comments

hateevryone 14

Friday 24 June 2011 2:53

she could have just said that. big deal

Holy_ish 19

Thursday 11 August 2011 19:07

lmfao damn but at least you were nice about it

mariahzzzbaby 2

Sunday 2 October 2011 20:08

aw that us so sweet that proudly made her day

iloveshim 14

Monday 9 January 2012 21:06

He said it was 'beautiful' jeez can't take a compliment?

chuksnwali 34

Wednesday 4 June 2014 21:44

right?

sarah56195 0

Saturday 5 May 2012 3:02

Aw. I feel bad for her. But FYL cause you didn't know. :/ I'm sure she understood.

doglover100 28

Sunday 8 July 2012 17:34

She could've said that. It was a mistake. Atleast Op said it was beautiful.

Szaszaspasz 26

Thursday 6 September 2012 2:20

You meant well. I'd feel better if I were her, she now knows she sounds okay. I've heard recordings of my own voice. I sound like I'm just waking up from general anesthesia.

VoodooPriestess 16

Wednesday 26 February 2014 5:46

Since it was so recent, I guess she was a little self conscious and not sure if you were joking or being sarcastic. I'm sure she wasn't offended.

chuksnwali 34

Wednesday 4 June 2014 21:15

yeah i agree.

fantasyworld 37

Monday 23 March 2015 22:43

Since it was recent she might still be self conscious about it.

_BruhhGetALife_ 19

Tuesday 20 October 2015 0:33

I honestly don't really see what's so bad about this. I mean I'd be flattered, he/she called her "accent" beautiful. He/She had no way of knowing she had a stroke. Good for him/her for being polite.